“I still can’t believe we’re living in a world without Alvin Buenaventura.” – Jeet Heer, May 14, 2016, 12th Annual Doug Wright Awards, Toronto, Ontario Below is the audio of Jeet’s memorial of Alvin from the 2016 DWAs: Alvin Mark Buenaventura (1976 – 2016)
Jeet Heer remembers Alvin Buenaventura
Posted on 19. May, 2016 by Brad Mackay in ceremony, News
Seth remembers Darwyn Cooke at the 2016 DWAs
Posted on 19. May, 2016 by Brad Mackay in ceremony, News
Last Friday night, as the entire DWA Team was putting the finishing touches on the awards ceremony, news broke that Canadian cartoonist Darwyn Cooke was in palliative care following a bout of aggressive cancer. It wasn’t long after that we learned that Darwyn had passed. Darwyn was an ever-present force in Canadian comics, and was […]
Seth’s Giants of the North speech for James Simpkins
Posted on 17. May, 2016 by Brad Mackay in ceremony, News
This speech, prepared for the occasion of James Simpkins being inducted into the Giants of the North Hall of Fame, was delivered by the cartoonist Seth at the 12th annual Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning, on May 14, 2016, as part of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival.You can also download a transcript of the […]
The 2016 Doug Wright Awards Jury Statements
Posted on 14. May, 2016 by Brad Mackay in ceremony, News
2016 Doug Wright Awards Jury appreciations: PIGSKIN PETERS For New Comics #6 + 7, by Patrick Kyle Delivered by Betty Liang, May 14, 2016, 12th annual DWAs This year’s Pigskin Peters award goes to Patrick Kyle’s New Comics in part because they so vividly live up to their name. They are a testing ground for […]
The First-timers: Rebecca Roher
Posted on 12. May, 2016 by Brad Mackay in ceremony, News
The 12th Annual Doug Wright Awards ceremony will be held at Toronto’s Marriott Bloor Yorkville Hotel this Saturday May 16, 2016 starting at 8:00 p.m. (a feature event of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival). This time around there are seven first-time nominees, many of which may not be well-known to Saturday night’s crowd. So in […]
The 2016 Doug Wright Awards poster by Micheal Comeau
Posted on 11. May, 2016 by Brad Mackay in Uncategorized
Behold! The poster for the 2016 Doug Wright Awards, executed by the inimitable cartoonist (and DWA winner) Michael Comeau! I think we’re looking at some of this year’s nominees including an anxious looking Nipper in the middle. If you dig this we’ll have a limited number of risograph prints of these available at the ceremony […]